The injury will likely sideline Cousins for the entire 2020-21 season since a typical recovery time for NBA players suffering a torn ACL is 9-12 months. He’s scheduled to meet with Lakers physicians for further tests on Thursday, ESPN reported.

This is the third major injury Cousins has suffered in the past year and a half, beginning with a torn Achilles tendon in January of 2018 while with the Pelicans, and including a torn quadriceps muscle with the Warriors in the playoffs.

While no one would wish Cousins’ recent injury on anyone, he said during the playoffs that it doesn’t matter if it’s fair or not.

“Fairness doesn’t really play a part in this sport,” Cousins said during the Warriors’ NBA Finals battle with Toronto. “Fairness doesn’t really play a part in life, honestly, but these are the cards I was dealt and all I can do is deal with it however it comes.”

His Achilles injury severely damaged the four-time All-Star’s free agency options and he settled for a one-year deal with the Warriors at the taxpayer’s veteran minimum of $5.2 million.

After rehabbing with the Warriors, Cousins returned to play in 30 regular season games for Golden State. The 29-year-old averaged 16.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists for the Warriors before more heartbreak occurred for him in the postseason.

Playing in his first playoff series in nine NBA seasons, Cousins ruptured his left quadriceps muscle in Game 2 of the Warriors’ opening round series against the Clippers. Instead of having surgery, Cousins opted to try to rehab and return to the team, which he did in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Although not fully healthy, Cousins sparked a 109-104 victory over the Raptors by scoring 11 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and dishing out six assists in 28 minutes.

However, he wasn’t able to duplicate that performance in any of the next four Finals games.